‫ﺑﺴﻢ اﻟﻠﮫ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺮﺣﯿﻢ‬
Sudan University of Science and Technology
College of Graduate studies
Women As Portrayed in F.scott Fitzgerald
Novels.
( With Reference to: This Side of
Paradise, The Great Gatsby and Tender is The
Night).
‫ﺗﺼﻮﯾﺮ اﻟﻨﺴﺎء ﻟﻠﻜﺎﺗﺐ اﺳﻜﻮت ﻓﯿﺘﺰ ﻗﺮاﻟﺪ ﻓﻲ رواﯾﺘﮫ "ھﺬا اﻟﺠﺎﻧﺐ ﻣﻦ‬
"‫اﻟﺠﻨﺔ ﻗﺎﺗﺴﺒﻲ اﻟﻌﻈﯿﻢ واﻟﻤﯿﻮل إﻟﻰ اﻟﻠﯿﻞ‬
A partial Fulfillment Research of the Requirements for
A Master Degree in English Literature
Submitted by :
MUGBIL SULIMAN AHMED MOHAMMED
Supervised By:
Dr. WIGDAN YAGOUB MOHAMMED SHEREIF
January, 2017
INTRODUCTION
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DEDICATION
To my lovely and dear parents, family members
and intimate friends
I dedicate this research
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ACKNOWLEDGEMNETS
I would like to thank all people who developed me when I was in
despairing need for support. My sincere thanks also due to many
wonderful lectures from whom obtained knowledge in the field of
literature such as how to analyze novels, and stylish vocabulary of
expression.
I would further like to extend my genuine gratitude to supervision
Dr. Wigdan Yagoub Mohammed Sharief who taught me how to taught
me how to anlyzise and complete this work, and who led me to reach up
this position of which Iam highly proud.
My appreciation is also extended to Dr. Sami Alagir Ahmed and
Dr. Tag Asler Bashowm who helped and encouraged me to love
literature.
In the end thank the Helen Keler institute at the University of
Khartoum which provide me with the relevant references
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this research aimed at depicting how women were
portrayed in F.scott Fitzgerald's in three novels, This side of paradise,
The Great by, and Tender is the Night. The women characters divided
were into three main groups based on age and marital status. First deals
with the Author and his times, that he lives in it and the general role of
women in USA in term of twenty century, the young girls were discussed
with concentrate image of the flapper of the twenties. Appearing roaring
girls and dancing in a big party and company men without marriage
seeking behind wealth and Mansions, Consequence that to dismantle
family. Here the researcher wanted explain the problems encountered
by women all, and arrived at some reasons that led to conflicts between
man and women. The third group discussed the married women. Then
gives a complete analysis of the three major women's characters in
Fitzgerald novels. In conclusion rounding analyzes of all the thee groups
specially girls of Twenties century and women and their influence on
their male counterparts. In the end arrived at the at the lost.
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‫ﻣﻠﺨﺺ اﻟﺪراﺳﺔ‬
‫ھدف ھذا اﻟﺑﺣث ﻟﺗﺻوﯾر وﺗﺟﺳﯾد اﻟﺷﺧﺻﯾﺎت اﻟﻧﺳﺎﺋﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺛﻼﺛﺔ رواﯾﺎت ﻟﻠﻛﺎﺗب‬
‫‪This side of parades the Great Gatsby and‬اﻷﻣرﯾﻛﻲ إﺳﻛوت ﻓﯾﺗرﺟﯾراﻟد وھﻲ‬
‫وﻗﺳﻣت ھذه اﻟﺷﺧﺻﯾﺎت اﻟﻧﺳﺎﺋﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺛﻼﺛﺔ رواﯾﺎت إﻟﻰ ﺛﻼﺛﺔ ‪tender is the Night‬‬
‫ﻣﺟﻣوﻋﺎت رﺋﯾﺳﯾﺔ ﺗﺑﻌﺎ ً ﻟﻠﻌﻣر واﻟﺣﺎﻟﺔ اﻻﺟﺗﻣﺎﻋﯾﺔ وﻗﺳﻣت ھذه اﻟرﺳﺎﻟﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻧﺣو اﻟﺗﺎﻟﻲ‪:‬‬
‫ﻧﺎﻗش ﺳﯾرة اﻟﻣؤﻟف واﻟﺣﻘﺑﺔ اﻟزﻣﻧﯾﺔ اﻟﺗﻲ ﻋﺎش ﻓﯾﮭﺎ ودور اﻟﻧﺳﺎء ﻋﺎﻣﺎ ً ﻓﻲ اﻟوﻻﯾﺎت اﻟﻣﺗﺣدة‬
‫اﻷﻣرﯾﻛﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻓﺗرة اﻟﻌﺷرﯾﻧﺎت ﻣن اﻟﻘرن ﻧﻔﺳﮫ‪ .‬ﻧﺎﻗش دور اﻟﻔﺗﯾﺎت ﺻﻐﯾرات اﻟﺳن ﻣﻊ اﻟﺗرﻛﯾز‬
‫ﻋﻠﻰ ﺗﺻوﯾر ﺣﯾﺎﺗﮭن ﻓﻲ ﻓﺗرة اﻟﻌﺷرﯾﻧﯾﺎت‪ .‬وطﯾش اﻟﻔﺗﯾﺎت واﻟظواھر ﻣﺛل اﻟراﻗﺻﺎت ﻓﻲ‬
‫اﻟﺣﻔﻼت اﻟﻛﺑﯾرة وﺻﺣﺑﺔ اﻟرﺟﺎل ﻣن ﻏﯾر زواج واﻟﺳﻌﻲ وراء اﻟﺛروات واﻟﻘﺻور وﻧﺗﯾﺟﺔ ﻟذﻟك‬
‫ﺗﻔﻛك اﻷﺳرة وھﻧﺎ اراد اﻟﺑﺎﺣث أن ﯾوﺿﺢ اﻟﻣﺷﻛﻠﺔ ﻋﺎﻣﺔ ً اﻟوﺻول إﻟﻰ ﺑﻌض اﻷﺳﺑﺎب اﻟﺗﻲ ﺗﻘود‬
‫إﻟﻰ اﻟﺻراﻋﺎت ﺑﯾن اﻟﻣرأة واﻟرﺟل‪ .‬ﻧﺎﻗﺷت اﻟﻣﺟﻣوﻋﺔ اﻟﺛﺎﻟﺛﺔ واﻷﺧﯾرة اﻟﻧﺳﺎء اﻟﻣﺗزوﺟﺎت ﺛم‬
‫ﻋﻣل ﺗﺣﻠﯾل ﻛﺎﻣل ﻟﺛﻼﺛﺔ ﻣن اﻟﺷﺧﺻﯾﺎت اﻟﻧﺳﺎﺋﯾﺔ اﻟرﺋﯾﺳﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ رواﯾﺎت ﻓﯾﺗرﺟراﻟد‪ .‬ﻓﻲ اﻟﺧﺗﺎم ﺗم‬
‫ﻋﻣل ﺗﺣﻠﯾل ﺷﺎﻣل ﻟﮭذه اﻟﻣﺟﻣوﻋﺎت ﺧﺎﺻﺔ ﻓﺗﯾﺎت اﻟﻌﺷرﯾﻧﯾﺎت ﻣن اﻟﻘرن وﻣدى ﺗﺄﺛﯾرھن ﻋﻠﻰ‬
‫ﻧظﺎﺋرھن ﻣن اﻟرﺟﺎل‪ .‬وأﺧﯾرا ً ﺗوﺻﻠت إﻟﻰ اﻟﺿﯾﺎع‪.‬‬
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TABLE OF CONYENTS
SUBJECT
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Dedication
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Acknowledgments
II
Abstract
III
Abstract (Arabic)
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Table of Contents
V-VII
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
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1.2 Statement of the problem
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1.3 Research Questions
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1.4 The Hypotheses of the study
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1.5 objectives of the study
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1.6 Significant of the study
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1.7 The methodology of the study
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1.8 Limits of the study
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CHAPTER TWO
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND PREVIOUS STUDIES
2.1 Introduction:
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2.1.1 Women in the Early to Mid 26th Century Society And
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Economic Condition
2.1.2 The weaker sex
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2.1.3 Formal Education
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2.1.4 The legal status of women
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2.1.5 Feminist philosophies
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2.1.6Women's clothes
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2.1.7 Women in politics
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2.2 The position of Women in society
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2.3 An Era of prosperity
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2.4 The Depression
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2.5 Prohibition
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2.6 Flapper:
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2.6.1 The beginning of the flapper era:
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2.6.2 The symbols of the flapper
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2.6.3 The End of the Flapper Era
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2.7 marriage
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2.8 women work
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2.9 Jazz History
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2.10 Women in Jazz
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2.11 Previous studies
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CHAPTER THREE
ANALYSIS FRAM ACRITCAL POINT OF VIEW
3.1 Introduction
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3.2 The Great Gatsby Novel
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3.2.1 Daisy Buchanan
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3.2.2 Jordan Baker
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3.2.3 Myrtle Wilson
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3.2.4 The Great Gatsby Novel
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3.3. This side of paradise Novel
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3.3.1 Rosalind Connage
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3.3.2 Beat Rice Blaine
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3.3.3 Clara
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3.3.4 Eleanor Savage
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3.3.5 This side of paradise Novel
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3.4 Tender is the Night Novel
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3.4.1 Nicole Diver's
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3.4.2 Rosemary Hoyt
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3.4.3 Tender is the Night Novel
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CHAPTER FOUR
CONCLUSION, FINDINGS , RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS ,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
4.1 Conclusion
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4.2 Findings
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4.3 Recommendations
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4.4 Suggestions for further studies
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4.5 Bibliography
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Background :F. Scotet Fitzgrald (1896-1940) was one of the most. Important
writers of the American Twenties, not because of the quantity books he
wrote, but because he was a representative of an integral part of the
period. He wrote five novels during the twenties and the earliest part of
the thirties give a comprehensive image of the American upper middle
class.
In the 1920s American They given different names such as “the
gay twenties” , “the roaring twenties” , The “Jazz Age”. It has given birth
to a galaxy of gifted writers in American Literature like “Sinclar' Lewis”
,” Ernest Heming way”. And Fugene O’Neill”.
Scott Fitzgerald in “Twenties”. He portrayed in his novels the “last
generation” which lived in the post war era. The flourishing American
industry with its gigantic roaring factories and is large scale
aggressiveness had left no place for polite behaviour. On of the limits of
sexual morality in their revolt having extra marital affairs was the sign of
free sprit . They considered fidelity in marriage as a bourgeois virtue .
The decline of religion, the rise of feminism. The effects of prohibition
and the popularization of psychoanalytical . The second industrial
revelation accelerated the breakdown of habits and styles of living.
The automobile the move and radio were revolutionary forces of
change that swept away the old barriers and shed in anew way of life .
The motion picture was popular even before the war : it became lucrative
industry .
The business of the automobile manufactures flourish to the
twenties , women preferred to do without a bath tub in the house than set
drive a car.
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There was a new type of individualisms as shown by the generation
of flappers, this generation , where girls dramatized themselves as
flappers , reveled in its new found freedom .
Rosalimd in "This side of Baradise" is typical of the jazz age
generation where she style that she “doesn’t want to think of posts and
kitchen and brooms , but wants to werry whether my legs will get slick
and brown when I swim in the summer . More American boys and girls
postponed their gobs and marriage in order to attended college. The
petting parties , the drinking sprees and the reckless living were not
Fitzgerald flappers and philosophers. The bobbing of hair had be come a
crucial simple of freedom .
One of the most important features of twenties was prohibition
which came with dissipative fore which had revolutionary effect on the
life of decade. The major cause of violence and law breaking was the
experiment with prohibition . Also a time of careless gainty and excessive
drinking among the wealthy middle class- when the low was passed
making the sale and distribution of intoxicating beverages.
Protestants see country were jubilant firmly they would destroy the
evil influence of the saloon and would save million of men and women
from crime and punishment and improve women and children . Women
characters depicted throughout his novels from the flappers but they were
more developed in his old women characters .
In Fitzgerald’s novels women turnout to have destructive
characters., they are young selfish, irresponsible, with good looks and
physical health , and come from pampered background. The girls and
women come for Fitzgerald to stand for America. Fitzgralds fiction
becomes story extent to which the actual American is whore to the
Prototypical Romantic the imagination and how she leads him on and in
betraying his expectation ‘ destroys his identity and his dream .
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1 – 2 Statement of The Problem :The study tries to shed light on the role of women in society
specially in the era of 20th century. In three novels " The Great Gatsby,
This Side of Paradise and Tender is the Night". Women running to the
wealth, looking for authority and money to achieve these objectives by
any way led to the pig problems, destruction community and destroying
many families in society, the oppressiveness of marriage and the
inequality of sexes that were found in society the authors represent the
heart of the different feminist relationships matters, that played a big role
to destroying any families.
1 – 3 Research Questions :  To what extend the author described the role of women in his
novels The Great Gatsby , This Side of Paradise and Tender is the
Night?
 Do women play on important role on Scott Fitzgerald old Novels ?
 How does the author expresses about the class of women in the
society ( in 20th century ) ?
1 – 4 The Hypotheses of the study :The Hypotheses of the research are formulated as follows : Women don’t play an important role on Scott Fitzgerald Novels .
 The Author doesn’t succeeded when he provided great role for
women on his novels , The Great Gatsby , This side of Paradise
and Tender is the Night .
 In 20th century the women didn’t have freedom and liberation
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1 – 5 Objectives of the Study : Objective s of the research are certainly intended to answer and
solve the research problems stated above, that is to say Scott Fizgerald
described stated and portrayed the class of women on his novels; The
Great Gatsby, This side of paradise and Tender is the Night, and the
technique which he used to discuss and analyze their roles on his novels.
1 – 6 Significant of the Study : The results of the research are generally expected of acquaint those
interested in literature studies especially students of literature to :First to know to define the technique of Scott Fitzgerald when he
described to the class of women and what function and important role
which women in generally have been played in literature . In addition to
this the results expected would work to elaborate more clearly what is the
author portrayed the class of women on his three novels. It is significant
as well as given .
1 – 7 The Methodology of the Study :Both descriptive and analytical approaches will be adopted by the
researcher. Data will be collected from different resources such as
references, and three novels Tender is The Night, the Great Gatsby and
This Side of paradise. The collected data will be to analyzed using
formalism and feminism approaches technique.
Consequently, the researcher uses the formalism methods because
in literary theory, formalism refers to critical approaches that analyze,
interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of a text. These features
include not only grammar and syntax but also literary devices and tropes.
The formalist approach reduces the importance of a text's historical,
biographical, and cultural context.
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Furthermore, "The Feminist Approach" is also used as an analyzing
method. The literary criticism is usually informed by a feminist theory or
by the politics of feminist more broadly. It can be understood as using
feminist principles and ideological dissertation to critique the language of
literature and its structure. This school of though seeks to describe and
analyze the ways in which literature describes the narrative of male
domination in regard to female bodies by exploring the economic, social,
political, and psychological forces embedded within literature.
1 – 8 Limits of the Study :On the field of interpretation, the researcher chooses three literary
works; a novels " The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise and tender is
the Night" which is written by F.scott Fitzgerald. On this thesis the
researcher will limit the study on the role of women in society, feminism
issues and classes feminism in three novels.
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CHAPTER TWO
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND
PREVIOUS STUDIES
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2-1 Introduction:2.1.1 Women in the Early to Mid 20th Century Society and Economic
Condition:
In 1903- more radical organization was formed called Women’s
social and political union (WSPU). Emmeline Pankhurst led t and its
members were called suffragettes. The suffragettes committed crimes like
arson and Vandolism. Meonwhile all women n USA were given the right
to vote in 1920. Rebeccalotimer become the first US sentor in 1922. In
1925 Nillie tayloe becomes the first women governor of US state
(Wyoming) in 1910 the first police women appointed in los Angeles. In
1919 allowed women to become a layers.
The first female solicitor was Conrrcermorrison in 1922. Wolrd
war 11 the social and economic roles of women changed. More than 80
percent declared wrong of wives to work outside the home in their
husbands were employed. School systems throughout the country refused
to hire women teachers if they were married, and fired them if they got
married after being employed.
Frrances Perkins secretary of labor had denounced women as “pin
money” workers for taking jobs away from needy men and federal
government itself prohibited by low the employment of two members of
the same family in the civil service. At the beginning of the war there
were only 143 women employed seven airplane factories eighteen months
later the same plants employed 65,000 women.
At the end of 1939 only thirty six women were involved in the
construction of ships. Women Suddenly sound themselves doing jobs.
Millions of women took advantage of the war emergency to improve their
economicituation. More than 700,000 war workers, for example sales
women, waitresses, stenographers, and seamstresses, as well as factory
employees who shitted from textiles to airplanes.
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All women workers to do two full-time jobs, working a forty eight to
sixty hour week in an office or factory also managing a home and provide
a greater possibility of securing sexual quality for women workers.
And present age of wives who were employed in households where the
husband earned between 7,000 to 10,000 a year (clearly amiddle – class
salary in the 1950s). Increased from 7 percent in 1950, to 25 percent in
1960.
2.1.1 The Weaker Sex:
Women were long considered naturally weaker than men, and
unable to perform work requiring muscular or intellectual development.
2.1.2 Formal Education:
For girls historically has been secondary to that for boys. In
colonial America girls learned to read and write at dome schools. Women
obtained 19 percent of all undergraduate college degrees around the
beginning of the 20th century.
2.1.3 The Legal Status of Women:
During the history early united states, a man vertically woned his
wife and children as he did. Poor man chose to send his children to the
poorhouse, the mother was legally defenseless to object some
communities modified the common low to allow women of act as layers
in the courts, to use for property. Some of these labor lows were seen as
restricting the rights of working more than an eight hour day or form
working at night effectively prevented women from holding many jobs,
particularly supervisory positions, that might require overtime work. lows
in some states prohibited women from listing weights above a certain
amount varying from as little as 15 pounds (7kilograms) again baring
women from many jobs. During the 1960s several of federal lows
improving the economic status of women were passed. The equal pay Act
of 1963 required equal mages for men and women doing equal work.
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2.1.4 Feminist Philosophies:
During the early 20th century term new women come to be used in
the popular press. More young women going to school, working both in
blue and white – caller jobs, and living by themselves in city apartments.
Although young people dated more than their percents did and used the
automobile to escape parental supervision.
2.1.5 Women’s clothes: in 1900 women were long dresses.
It was not acceptable for women to show their legs. From 1910 women
were bobble skirts. During the world war 1 women’s clothes become
more practical. Mean while in 1913 Mary helps Jacob invented the bra
she used two handkerchiefs joined by ribbon. In 1915 lipstide was sold in
tubes for the first time.
2.1.6 Women in Politics:
American women have had right to Vote Scince 1920, Jeonett,
Rankin of Montana, elected in 1917, was the first women member of the
united states house of Representatives. In 1968 Shirley Chischolm of
New York was the first black women elected to the House
Representatives. Hattie caraway of Arkansas first appointed in 1932 was,
in 1933 the first women elected to the united state.
2.2 The Position of Women in Society
The great change in Women’s place in society occurred when the
suffragettes goal was at lost achieved: women got the right to vote (Chafe
1991: 20). However, the reformers were soon disappointed with their
hopes when they realized that women’s votes did not signify major
change in the country’s political climate. Women general did not vote
actively and when they did, the usually followed the example of their
husbands or father (Chate 1991). The next generation of women did not
find politics very interesting and word ‘feminism’ had by the 1930 gamed
a negative, dull connotation (Chate 1991). In spite of their lock of
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enthusiasm in the voting stalls, young women were eager to pursue
personal liberation. Most social commentators of the day observed and
discussed the “ revolution in manners and morals’ in the united states.
The symbol of the liberated young woman was the flapper, she had her
hair bobbed and wore short skirts, she lived for fun and enjoyed shocking
her parents, and was not all interested in being “Lodylike” (Allen 1931:
92).
In the twenties people widely believed that women had in fact, won
their liberation. Social commentators discussed young women’s behavior,
living alone and work, and noticing the change in manners of the “new
woman”, they assumed it to be the result of an economic
independence(Chofe 1991).
By the end of the 1930’s certain changes had to stay. Some modes of
behavior, such as women smoking or having a drink
I public, had
become a standard norm and he adolescent “petting party” had lost the
aura of naughtiness it had in the previous decide (Fass 1977).
2.3 An Era of Prosperity:
The decade after the first world a period of economic boom in the
united states (Shannon 1963: 69). It was the era of the businessman, of
optimism and belief that the country had finally been able to rid itself of
poverty. The whole nation was in festive spirits: they “gave their energies
mood” (Allen 1931: 156). From 1924 on the economic boom was at its
strongest, and people concentrated on having fun with their money with a
conviction that they had earned their good times (Sannon 1963: 148). As
one writer in 1924 put it: the right to play is the find clause in the charter
of democracy.
The belief in the future prosperity led many Americans to try their luck at
the stock market and by the end of the decade some writers observed that
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practically everyone from cleaning women to land owners were involved
(Allen 1931: 246).
2.4 The Depression:
The decode – long party came to an end with the earlier stock
market crash in 929 when only a few months earlier economics experts
had predicted the era of prosperity to continue (Allen 1931: 279).
Political leaders and economists still professed faith in the future but the
prices kept on declining (Shonnon 1963: 149 ). Soon the effects of the
crash become apparent as families all over the country suddenly realized
they had lost their life savings (Allen 1931: 281).
The crash brought Americas into the most server economic crisis in
their history. Those who still had money no longer invested it, and the
result was an economic decline that had not been predicted even when the
prices started going down. The depression was at its worst in the
beginning of the 1930s. business stopped moving and the result was
overall misery, unemployment , poverty and hunger. The festive mood of
the twenties turned into a new seriousness that was reflected in all walks
of life, beginning from change of atmosphere in campuses where
determined studying now took the place of 1920 style wild fraternity
parties. Herber Hoove became the president at the most unfortunate time
possible, just before the crash in the spring of 1929. When the future still
looked bright. His administration did what it considered best but the
result could only be called a future when Franklin D. Roosevelt became
president in 1933 the banks had been closed and economy was at tis
lowes point (Shannon 1963: 167). He immediately stared his famous New
Deal program to make the nation recover from the Crash. It did help the
country significantly but the Depression was not really over until the
break of the second world war (Shannon 1963: 205).
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2.5 Prohibition:
The twenties was also decade that sow the legal prohibition of the
sales of Alcohol. The low known as the Volstead Act, became in effect in
July 1919. (Bruccoli 1981) the country had accepted the law “ almost
absent-mindedly” has remarked an organized opposition. The irony lies,
as way has remarked, in the fact that the Puritan ethic won “ legislative
triumph… at the very moment when its real power to control moral and
social behaviour was crumbling way. It soon become clear that majority
obedience of the low could not be taken for granted (Mory 1963).
At a era of a relative political passivity prohibition was the issue that
most clearly divided voters. The rough division went according to the
urban and agrarian lines: people began to take an increasing by negative
attitude toward the law fairly quickly and, as the decode progressed, the
opposition kept on growing (Allen 1931) Drinking among young Women
increased as well. Before the war bars had been restricted to men but the
speakeasies were equal open to men and women furthermore, members of
both sexes could be seen carring aflask with them (Allen 1931).
In polities, too “wet” and “dry” become decisive definition of
candidates, and the 1928 presidential were to a great extent decided over
the issue of prohibition. When the study was completed the result was
more than confusing: it concluded the experiment to be failure but the law
was still worth maintaining (Allen 1931).
2.6 Flapper:
2.6.1 The Beginning of the Flapper Era:
The young women who adopted freer modes of behavior than their
mothers had been accustomed to and frankly enjoyed doing anything their
elders disapproved of were called flappers. The image of a girl in a short
dress, cigarette in mouth and dancing to jazz is the perfect symbol of the
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twenties. The old generation was alarmed, not understanding the life style
of the youth while stories and magazine articles helped to keep flapper in
the mind of the youth while stories and magazine articles helped to keep
flappers in the mind of the public. In fact, the debate over the manners
and morals of the young went on from 1910, reached its summit by the
mid-twenties and was not over more interesting to the public than the fads
of the young (Chat 1991: 104).
Fitzgerald’s biographer sums up the evolution of the word flapper,
meaning a young harlot in the early nineteenths century, and then an
immoral girl in her early teans turn of the twentieth century, to a young
unconventional young woman with short hair in the 1920s. (Mayer 1994:
59).
2.6.2 The Symbols of the Flapper.
One of the most noticeable changes during the twenties happened
in women’s dress. The hemline became higher and higher until it finally
reached the knee in 1927.
Even though manufactures occasionally tried to re-introduce longer skirts
the buying public preferred the shorter style the dress were sometimes
sleeveless and usually of a higher fabric, and even though the waist was
loose, the dresses were definitely desigried to draw attention to the boyish
boy (Allen: 85).
2.6.3 The End of the Flapper Era:
Were becoming outdated fairly quickly. In an interview in 1922
Fitzgerald is introduced with these words: “the Frank Mr. Fitzgerald and
undoubtedly set the fashion of holding the mirror up to the flapper. Some
of use, in two years, have grown a bit weary of studying her reflection.
“(Mooers Morshall 1922: 255). With the amount of public attention
dedicated to the problem of the younger generation the was bound to be
some tiredness seeping into the subject. Petting parties and short skirts
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had lost their ability to shock, cigarettes were part of every life for a
number of women, too. The word ‘flapper’ was still a common term
although in 1925 the writer of the flapper’s “Appeal to her parents”
apologizes for using such an old fashioned word, and then goes on
describe three different degrees of flappers, with variations
(Welles
1927: 1) .
2.7 Marrigae :
Most young women in the twenties were looking get married, and
most female students in college found it natural to stop working after the
wedding. Many girls, however, had the impression that more and more
women around them were deciding to make their won living. The general
assumption in the twenties, as has already been noted, was that women
realy had won their independence. The words of a flapper in 1925 echo
this idea… “not so many girls are looking for a life meal ticked
nowadays. Lots of them prefer to earn their won living and omit the
home- and – baby act. Well, any how, post pone it year and years (Bliven
1925: 5) However, the reality of the twenties was that very few women
were ready, or indeed were able to devote their lives to making a career
for themselves, and that the “ home – and baby act” was still a goal to
most women even though it was fashionable to claim other wise. The last
sentence of the statement above reflects the popular mood more correctly.
For the first time in America history girls were able to have fun before
committing themselves to just one man for life, and a number of girls
were all the more fraud if they had several suitors to choose from.
“Going Steady” was a phenomenon that was born only in the fifties
(Banner 1974: 224).
Many of his heroines, even though they are looking to get married,
are often reluctant make a serious commitment. The girls make and break
engagements a number of times, and fall in and out of love even more. In
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one of Fitzgerdd’s early stories one young woman, recently married, quite
complacently gives some advice to another girl: “don’t get married unless
you are absolutely though playing round.
It means giving up an awful lot, you know”. (Myra 1920: 2) Getting
married with the right kind of man is the goal for both of them, but only
after going out and having fun long enough. Seams to be pointing out that
most girls, even if their number one goal in life was settling down and
starting a family, wanted to enjoy life first. after all having fun and living
with a certain degree of independence was a possibility to them, as it had
not been to earlier generations of women.
When girl decides to get married, she goes about it knowing what she is
doing. Men play the role of being chosen or discarded: it is the woman
who makes the decision. His women characters are rarely. However,
Ftzgerald’s does not portray these girls as unpleasant or greedy husband
hunters.
2.8 Women at Work:
In colonial America, women who earned their own living usually
became seamstresses or kept boardinghouses. But some Women Worked
in professions and jobs available mostly to men. There were Women
doctors, lawyers, preachers, teachers, writers, and singers.
The medical profession is an example of changed attitudes in the 20th
centuries about what was regarded as suitable work for women. In 1910s
women were attending many leading medical schools. and in 1915 the
American Medical association began t admit women members.
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2.9 Jazz History:
The history of Jazz origins is attributed to the turn of the 20th
century New Orleans, although this artistic medium occurred almost
simultaneously in other North America areas like saint Louis, Kansas city
and Chicago. Traits carried from west African black folk music
developed in the Americas, joined with European popular and light
classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, become the
syncopated rhythms of Ragtime and minor chord voicings characteristic
of the Blues. Jazz and Blues are among America’s greatest cultural
achievements and exports to the.
2.10 Women in Jazz:
Women in Jazz have contributed throughout the many ears of Jazz
history, both as performers and as composers, songwriters and band
leaders. While women such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerld were
famous for their Jazz singing, women have achieved much less
recognition for their contributions as composers, bandleaders and
instrumental performers. Other notable Jazz women include piano player
Lil Hardin Armstrong and Jazz songwriter Irene Higginbotham.
With women’s suffrage at its peak with the ratification of the United
states development of the liberated flapper persona, women began to
make a stamen with in society.
In the “ Jazz Age,” women took a greater part in the work force after the
end of the first world war, giving them more independence. There were
many more possibilities for women in terms of social life and
entertainment.
Ideas such as equality and freer sexuality began to spread and women
took now roles. In 1920s sow the emergence of many famous women
musicians including African – American blues singer Bessie smith.
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Valaidasnow (1904- 1956) become s famous as a trumpet player that she
was known as “ little Louis.” Many women Jazz singers such Billie
Holiday were recognized as successful artist in the music world. These
women were persistent in striving to make their names known in the
music industry and lead the way for many more women artists to come.
Lil Hardin Armstrong’s most famous song, “ Strutting with some
Barbecue” has been recorded 500 times. Her other notable songs are “
Doin the Suzie Q “,” just for a Thrill” and “Bad Boy”. While Billie
Holiday is best known as asinger.
Role of women historically, the majority of well – known women
performers in Jazz have been singers, among them Ella Fitzgerld (19171996) Billie Holiday, Carmen Mc Rae (1920- 1994), Dinah Washington
(1924- 1963), Sarah Vaughoun (1924-1990), Betty Carter (1929- 1988).
2.11 Previous studies:
In this part, the researcher will provide previous for five studies
carried out by researcher’s study.
Kenneth Eble: talks about beauty women (Gloria, Doisy and Nicole)
Fitzgerald’s attitudes toward beauty often seems moralistic; corruption in
the beauty: evil hides itself there.
His women characters (Gloria, Nicola, Daisy) who are now older, are
beautiful. They are not physically destructive like the heroine of Ernerst
Heming ways short story the short Happy life of Francis Macomber
Fitzgerald’s women characters have evil lurking in their personalities
leading of the gradual decay or destruction of their partners, but they are
not physically destructive as Heming ways Margot.
Fitzgerald of course is not name enough to lay the full blame for his
heroes, decay and destruction solely on his women characters. His male
lead to their death with the women acting as catalyst.
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Antony patch was married to false ideas in life; he lived passively and
recklessly waiting to in herict his grand father’s Dick Diver’s inner need
to be useful and to his deterioration and lastly day Gatsby’s pursuit of his
idealistic dreams leads to his own death at the end of the novels.
Milton Hindus: talks about three novels.
In his book about Fitzgerald’s novels says about the women
characters:
The fact that characters a novelist creates bear resemblance to each
other was never more true than Fitzerald’s women. The may hem which
the author performs upon Rosalind, the debutante in novels this side of
paradise, upon Daisy Buchanan in the Great Gatsby, upon Nicole Dive in
Tender is the Night, and upon numerous girls in his short stories that the
subject deserves at least brief discussion… the basic common
denominator of most of the women is their intense self – cent dress. So
Gloria, Nicole and Daisy are to a longer extent, the same in their
characterization . their beauty makes them attractive to their male
counterparts. The association of the decay and destruction f their male
counterparts, Antony, Dick and Gatsby respectively. They emerge from
Fitzgerald’s as a bad and evil influence on the male hero.
All Fitzgerald’s novels have real life incident beside full of
composite characters chosen from his social milieu.
His novels come to stand for the tragic end of his married and artistic life.
He appears to exhibit quite as much anger as any writer has at what e
regards as the betrayal of his capacity for love by unresponsive
narcissiticdesigning women.
S.R. Milton: talks about “ American Dream”, and Daisy Buchanan
characterization.
The broken decalogues, disobeyed and tampled on. Led to nights of
despair the days of the locust flight, Fitzgerald felt that his generation’s
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departure from the good, gone world of the old commandments of work
and discipline and polineness was a symptom of a general breakdown
and insanity in the western civilization. He had come to see zelday
insanity and his own akohlism as private, painful symbols of the
disintegration of a time and a nation. His own jazz-age golden momen
was a brief. Insular
American idyll that turned out to be a sordid
corruption of its own promis.
His novels largely reflect his tragic life and the betrayal of a dream,
the women characters in Fitzgerald’s novels come t stand for the real
women in his life and largely they come to stand for or represent
America.
The loss of “ the American Dream” comes to stand for him his own lost
dream.
The contestant function of the golden girl in Fitzgerald’s novels
and stories is basically simple. It is to represent at once the object of our
collective American, the dream, and the revelation emptiness of
mereticiousness of that dream in the attainment. The wooing of the
golden girl is the following of a grail with all accompanying ritual and
liturgy and it is the absorption of the follower in his idea. The wining is a
destructive triumph, a handful of dust.
This is exactly what the “American Dream” comes to represent for
Fitzgerald of her destroys him. He wrote to Zelda two months before he
died.
What party boys and party girls and party manners come to represent
early and lasting for Fitzgerald was the fascinating, attractive and lifedestroying … it is thought Fitzgerald is saying that his American
materials were the very evil that threatens to damn the artist.
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Isabella, Rosalind and Eleanor were not so much developed characters
as they were impingements upon Amory, as in fuller measure is Daisy
upon Gatsby.
Edmund Wilson: talks about This Side of Paradise.
In his sharp critical analysis of this side of paradise says:
It is really not about anything: intellectually it amounts to little more than
a gesture of indefinite revolt.
But novel is about so thing, it is about the revolt of the young
against the book you live in the twenties, you see it vividly and see the
young flapper and her young escort living infront of you. You see the
new cult of love making established by the flapper bent on doing
precisely what was forbidden. The flapper was a new type of girl who
suddenly made her brazen appearance on the American on the America
scene n 1920.
Stephen Matterson: talks about : The Great Gatsby especially “ Daisy”.
In three novels we have clear characters. The beauty women
Gloria, Daisy and Nicole their becomes associated with evil.
In his essay on The Great Gatsby says about Daisy:
While she plays an important part in the narrative, Daisy is sometimes
considered one of the few weak-nesses in the novel. Fitzgerald himself
was uneasy at her characterization and felt that if the book failed
commercially it would be due to there being no important women
character (Fitzgerald, 1963). However, this last comment by Fitzgerald is
revealing. Rather than strengthen Daisy’s character and obey the
commercial demands of the markets, there were clear artistic reasons for
the vagueness and emptiness of Daisy’s characterization.
Daisy Buchanan in her characterization is the weakest of the
women characters in the group with includes besides herself Gilbert and
Nicole warren.
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CHAPTER THREE
ANALYSIS FRAME ACRITICAL
POINT OF VIEW
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3.1 Introduction:
F.scott Fitzgerald was one of the most important writers of the
period just after the first World War. He first become known as a
spokesman f the younger generation with his first novel. This side of
paradise, published in 1920. He was only one of the best known
characters of the twenties, the so called “ Jazz Age”. Franics scott
fitzgerald. Who Irish, was born in St. paul. Minnestoa on 24th September
1896 in modestly, he was sent to a catholic boarding school. Then he
joined the Army, he met Zeldasayre later became his wife.
This first novel usually praised for quality that connect title closely to an
exact in American social history.
This is the beginning of the “ Jazz Age”. The novel hero Amory
Blaine reports like a cultural spy the loosing of moral controls enjoyed by
the young of his own generation after world war one, it was considered a
shocking novel at that time. Fitzgerald tries to explain the development of
a young American of his time.
In his novel the Great Gatsby which is considered his the best novel by
many critics, he tells of the vise and fall of day Gatsby, the powerful
criminal. It is a novel about a dream of love and money. Jay Gatsby after
losing his sweet heart.
Daisy, because of his poverty, tries to get her back after be become very
rich from illegal activities. He gets killed in pursuit of his aim. In the
novel Tender is the Night. Fitzgerald tells the story of an expatriate Dick
Diver, who is a brilliant psychiatrist. Dick Drive marriage rich mental
patient.
Nicole warren as a result of this marriage his life ends in ruin.
About Ten years after his death, scoff Fitzgerald’s literary reputation
experienced a revival, and he remains of the most famous names in
American literature.
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One thing that made F.scatt Fitzgerald so famous is his days was his
literary creation of the flapper, a literated young woman who lived and
enjoyed the Jazz Age. His wife, Zelda, was an inspiration for a number of
his heroines and she was her self a celebrity of the period. In the early
part of the deacade they embodied the carefree atmosphere of the post –
war days. Thousands of young women took up flappers as their role
models, and although Fitzgerald did not invent the type, he helped spread
the changes that were taking place in American society, especially those
concerning the behavior of the young.
Many studies have been made about the subject of flappers and F. Scott
Fitzgerald, and although his time as the writer of the young was relatively
short – lived. He is mostly remembered for it. The subject of flappers
deservesquite careful scouting precisely because it shaped s much of
Fitzgerald’s early career. The major aim of this study is trying to find if F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s views and ideas about Women changed, and in what
degree, throughout his career, it is important to Keep in mind that he was
only twenty- three when his first novel was published. He was had gone
through the mental collapse of his wife as well as his own alcoholism, all
he raising a daughter as a single parent.
The control goal of this study, then, is to look at the different types
women Fitzgerald portrayed in different times of his career. Iam taking a
closer look at flappers and, particularly. The part concentrated on love,
marriage in fidelity, and mother hood, and the last con cerned with
Women and wealth, and how Fitzgerald’s views on Women, work and
social class developed. With these themes I want to explore Fitzgerald’s
changing views through the 20 years writing, Fitzgerald was only able to
portray flappers and their carefree life style.
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3.2 The Great Gatsby Novel
3.2.1 Daisy Buchanan
“ Daisy is beautiful woman and young” she is Nick’s cousin and
Gatsby fond of her so much.
She is ‘ 34ociety34e girl’. Daisy is admired by military officers station
neat to her home. That take her to met Gatsby and love him.
“ Gatsby Convinced Daisy he is going to be one of rich family” , because
Daisy is selfish woman and love money he convinced her that he got a lot
of money as results of this, won her heart and both them have become
love each other and this happened before to leave her to go and join to
war, but Daisy promised him to wait him and marry other man except you
and the missing and the missing and love will make me waiting you to
come and live together under one roof for ever, Daisy changed her mind
to word him and she marring “ Tom Buchanoun” he is aristocratic man
and hire money from his fathers, that Tom told Daisy he will make her
happy and provided her life style and help her. On other hand Gatsby
thinks that Daisy is asingle goal and he did a lot of effort to get money
and return back with a lot of money to marry his lover.
Finally Daisy not attend funeral of Gatsby, she took her husband
and daughter and travalled away. “ All this reasons confirmed that Gatsby
is n’t really faithful woman to her lover”. And the direct evident that she
dishonest him, first she turned her mind and marriage rich man, Second
she loved him but money changed her”.
3.2.2 Jordan Baker
“ Jordan Baker life “, she was younger of two and she was worry
tall woman and slender, small breast she has strange motions n her
motion she when you look at her she could fall down, her eyes seam look
like brown sun her face is pale like ‘ witch man’.
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“ Jordan physical appearance”, we noticed she is attitude woman
and posture. She is attractive and also Jordan character is so different
from Daisy. Daisy her natural focuses on immaterial as her voice.
Whereas Jordan we can see grey eyes and her face charming, the autumn
leaf of her hair and she has thin legs and her muscle in her arms . Jordan
is blond and very athletic, physical and angular, where as Daisy is dark
hair and pale with soft voice and more delicated person.
She is two years younger than Daisy. She is grew up with other woman in
Louisville.
Jordan share Daisy “ white girlhood” and knew the first
relationship with Gatsby. Jordan dosen’t have any major life relatives
other than an aunt who control her money .
She has a heritage, but she can’t reach to it.
Instead of marriage Jordan plays “ golf if professionally”.
3.2.3 Myrtle Wilson:
“ Major of people don’t realize the kind of man who draw attention
of the other”.
This mention apply to “ Myrtle Wilson”. She intended to eat healthy and
organic food. Myrtle Wilson is a kind of Woman loves wealthy for this
she wanted to marry rich man that Tom Buchanant. But Tom Buchanan
used to deceive her and he just wanted to spend enjoyable time with her
sexual. She intended to be able to play the role of wealthy woman even
though her real life is no way privilege. “ The real Myrtle Wilson” his
husband Myrtile Wilson a mechanic and used car sales man who lock
wealthy mean poor, both them live in flat adjoining Garage. Her life
ended when she was quarlling her husband Wilson and left him ran to
cross road, that time Daisy and Gatsby driving car and crushed Myrtile
resulte of this she was died immediately.
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3.2. 4 The Great Gatsby Novel
In novel “ The ‘ Great Gatsby”, Women played role as Fitzgerald
portrayed, he uses three Women. Daisy, Jordan and Myrtle.
Three character simple to “ roaring age, Jazz music, Flapper, and the
American dream”. In the novel I divided woman into groups, Daisy and
Jordan they dresses highlights, part of flappers and American dream,
Daisy plays the role of rich girl debutante. Daisy and Jordan are similar in
some things and different in others things. Daisy is portrayed as a classic
beauty, she uses an innat sex to surroundings. Jordan an athlete plays
golf, she is greatest potential to story from men, herself centre lifestyle
and unexplained connection to Daisy. The other group woman myrtle
Wilson, she is sexual Women, high position dream wants to change from
lower to women to high and rich Women. This characters have been
deeper we can see in the novel.
Nick caraway one night, he attends a dinner in East Egg, in tom
Buchanan house.
Tom Daisy his wife and Daisy cousin Nick.
He found women with them called Jordan she is “ professional golfer”.
Nick and Jordan Chating together, she tells Nick more things about Tom
family, she says Tom have a friend called Myrtle he playing with her
sexual and Daisy unknown. In this point Jordan simple of gossip, she
have no secret to hide things. The society of woman in American in that
time practice gossip from women to women.
The famous married women in Fitzgerald’s novels are Daisy
Buchanan. She is one of the women characters in “The great Gatsby” her
importance rises from the fact that she is loved by Jay Gatsby, the most
important character in the novel.
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Daisy Buchanan in her characterization is the weakest of the women
characters in the group with includes besides herself Gloria and Nicole
Warren S.R Milton says:
Isabella Rosaliind and Eleaner were not so much developed characters
as they were impingements upon Amory, as in fuller measure is Daisy
upon Gatsby
Stephen Matterson in his essay on the Great Gatsby says:
While she plays important part in the narrative’s Daisy is sometimes
considered one of the few weaknesses in the novel. Fiotzgerald himself
that was uneasy at her character commercially if would due to there
being no important woman character (Fitzgerald, 1963) however, this
last comment by Fitzgerald is hovelling. Rather than strengthen Daisy’s
character and obey the commercial demands of the markets. There were
clear artistic reason for the vagueness and emptiness of Daisy’s
characterization .
Although we cannot find a full description of her in the book, we see
snatches of her. She was born in Lovisville, Kentucky. Her color is white
and throughout the novel she is described in almost fairly tale language.
Daisy is the princess In the tower, the golden girl every man dreams to
possessing. She is beautiful and rich but Daisy promises more that she
gives, her voice seems to offer every things, but she borin to disappoint.
She is the sort of person who is better or dream about that actually to
posses. That’s why Fitzgerald did not strengthen her character to give the
sense of in her unattainable; having Daisy in the flesh is much less than
the idea of her, the idea of her is more beautiful.
Daisy, a I said earlier, is important because the main plot of the novel
is around her. Jay Gatsby, the major character in the novel, when he was
a first lieutenant stationed at Camp Taylor, met and fell in love with the
beautiful Daisy, Gatsby goes abroad to the war and Daisy waits for him to
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come home. But increasingly Daisy resents the seclusion from the life of
parties around her finally she cuts is short.
Gatsby . . was worried now. The was equality of nervous despair
Daisy’s letters. She didn’t see why he couldn’t come. She was feeling the
pressure of the world outside, and she wanted to see him and feel his
presence beside her and be reassumed that she was doing the right thing
after all. For Daisy was young and her artifial world was readolent of
orchids and pleasure, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the
rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestive of life in its
her tunes through this twilight Daisy began to move again with the
season, suddenly she was a gain keeping half a dozen dates a day with
half a dozen dates day with half a dozen men, and drowsing down asleep
at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among
lying orchids on the floor beside her bed.
During this time Tom Buchanan appears on the scene and Daisy,
realizing Gatsby is penniless marries Tom. Tom is so wealty that gives
her a $350000 pearl necklace for a wedding present.
Before marring Tom, Daisy feels uncertain whether to choose a love
letter sent by Gatsby or the $350 pearl necklace. She get drunk, Jordan
Baker her friend remembers.
She groped round in a waste basket she had with her on the bed and
pulled out a string of pearls. Take em down stairs and give’em back
whoever the belong to , tell’em all Daisy’s change her mine .
They get her in a cold bath but daisy wouldn’t let go of the letter send
to her by Gatsby. She tool it into the tub and squeezed it up this side of
paraise cannot continue the grandstasnd play, changes her mind when she
sobers up half an hour later and walks down fully dressed with the
necklace around her neck.
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Next day a five o’clock she marriage Tom Buchanan without any
regrets and starts off on a three months trip the South Seas.
Daisy lives with Top happily, although bored and disgusted with
Tom’s numerous affairs, when Gatsby appears after five years very
wealthy and mined to reclaim her, Daisy resumes her relationship with
him. Gatsby wand Daisy to leave Tom and worry him.
Later on Daisy, Tom,Gatsby and a group of friends go to the Ritz Hotel.
There Gatsby argues with Tom about Daisy. For the first time she
becomes aware of the dilemma she is in . nick Carraway, the narrator of
the novel says:
She hesitated. Her eyes fell on Jordan and me with a sort of appeal as
though she realized ast last what she was doing and as though she has
never all along. Intended doing anything at all.
When Gatsby pushes her to admit that she never loved Tom because
she loved him and married Tom only because he is rich, she says to
Gatsby:
“oh, you want too much! She cried to Gatsby” I love you now isn’t that
enough? I can’t help what’s past. She began to sob helplessly. I did love
him once, but I loved you too. The words seemed to bite physically into
Gatsby. Even alone I can’t say I never love Tom, she admitted in pitful
voice, it wouldn’t be true.(P29).
By this time Gatsby’s dream is last and shattered and Daisy again
chooses Tom despite his reckless sprees because of his solid foundation
compared to Gatsby whose source of wealth is mysterious and uncertain
she rejects Gatsby and retreats with Tom into the safety of their money.
Tom feeling safe and secure allows Gatsby to take Daisy back home.
On returning home while Daisy is driving, Gatsby yellow car hits myrtle,
her husband’s mistress, and or tell the police.
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As a result of her carelessness Wilson, Myrtles husband thinks Gatsby
was driving so he kills Gatsby. So Daisy indirectly kills Gatsby. The final
irony of the book is that despite Gatsby love for her, she leaves twon with
Tom without leaving an address and does not ever both to attend Gatsy
funeral or even bother to send flowers. Nick says that Tom and Daisy
were!
Careless people. They smashed up things and creatures and the
retreated up things and or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that
kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they made.
So Gatsby scarified his life for nothing; the dream be lived for killed
him in the end. Daisy is love destroyed him.
In the end Myrtle Wilson in her dream she chases after wealth and
condition through an affair with Tom. Myrtle certainly has access to some
of the “finer things” though Tom but has to deal with his abuse she want
position Emperor, but in the end she lead and Tom dragged himself from
this dangerous situation, and Daisy who killed her, Daisy don’t fact the
result of deal. Myrtle died without to achieve any things in her live.
3.3 This Side of Paradise Novel
3.3.1 Rosalind Connage:
Rosalind is the biggest love Amory’s life, but she has defect firstly
she flirty and kind curel with the majority of guys she meet them.
“ Rosalind from kind of Women” who dosen’t want to do of effort to
make them fall on her love. When they fall on her love. She string them
along for a while and them a long a while and then kick them to the curb
because she has gotten bored with them. “ Roseland’s nature” she is one
of women that she dosen’t spend long time with men who loves her,
because she will get bored of them and leave them.
Rosiland is spoiled brat. Finally we can say Rosiland looks like Amomry
eventually she has had spoiled uprining.
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3.3.2 Beat Rice Blaine :
Beatrice doesn’t come across well in this book at all. She sounds
like entitle woman, who expects everything in life to go her away. She
feels herself over all or in high place and she considers herself from high
class of community and she imposes her education in convincing people.
She was versed in the latest gossip of the older gossip of the older
families.
Some people would take the good education and used it to help human,
But Beatrice is more interested in using her education of superficial
purposes like convincing every one of how impressive she is, Beatrice is
a heavy drinker and pound of it. Through this book we see how she uses
her illness of how refined and delicate she is.
The contradiction on her character cares she doesn’t care about the deep
superficial things.
3.3.3 Clara:
Clara is Amory’s Blaine widowed distant cousin, and the only
reason she pops up in Amory’s life. As narrator tells us “ she had had a
harried life from sixteen on,” and her education in other words, Clara
hasn’t had much opportunity to learn the skills she needs to work and
make money for her family. But despite her circumstance, she promised
her self never to marry again because she wants to be with her children at
all times.
But when we say that Amory is hopelessly in love, we really mean it.
3.3.4 Eleanor Savage :
Eleanor hated Maryland. She belonged to the oldest of the old
families of Ranily country and lived in a big, gloom house her
grandfather. She considers like Amery attracted to his witchy woman he
never loves her as much as he loved Rosalind, but Eleanor provides the
perfect personality for Amory to rebound from the crushing loss of
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Rosalind Eleanor knows this and figures that her relationship with Amory
will never lest.
3.3.5 This Side Of Paradise Novel:
The roles of women in novel "This side of paradise" as Fitzgerald
says: women have always fallen under specific categories, and this side of
paradise the role weak ad fragile and are unable to think and act for
themselves.
The male characters in both novels treat the female as unintelligent being,
no like today’s society, women being treated inferior compared to men,
they have no chance or opportunity for things to get better. Women
would have chance for progress.
There are many differences references to female characters, such as role
of “ Marylyn De with she pretty, got a car of her own and that’s damn
convenient; there’s sally weather by she’s getting too fat; ther’s Myra
Stclaire she is an old flame easy to kiss if youd like.
As Amory Blaine talks to his roommate about the girls he’s been with her
only discusses their appearance, by not mentioning any things about their
character or intelligence he stereotypes them. By stating, she’s getting fat
he bases his relationships with these female characters solely on image,
and the ‘ideal’ image that society had and still does portray women as
being.
With war and peace women are role in separate social class and men are
from the same social class viewed my society. With this separating men
and women men being the dominate, because they work, are educated,
and thus having the money which make them powerful, it is most kind of
you Monsieur pierre, to come to see a poor sick women; said Anna
povlovna, looking anxiously across at her aunt as she steered him in her
direction when Pierre walked off without hearing about her majesty’s
health with pierre ignoring the gesture of Anna pavlovna to go see her
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majesty because she is ill, he outs as if Anna is below him by walking off
rather than listening to idea.
Also in this side of paradise social class, Rosalind and Amory changed
roles. Amory, thought from wealthy class in society, once he riches
adulthood he change who is and what important to him, Rosalind decided
not to be with Amory because he is not wealthy enough, she decides to be
with someone else. Dawson say’s [she’ll] learn to love him by stating that
she’ll learn to love him he’s keeping a control over her, Dawson believes
that Rosalind is unable to conduct her own thoughts and ideas about what
she wants for herself .
In this side if paradise war and peace females are portrayed as being
inferior to the male protagonist.
The mothers who were still believing in the Victorian code of behaviour
and their young daughters who were living in the twenties with its Jazz
music, fast cars and consumer goods.
He says:
None of the Victorian mothers. And most of the mothers were
Victorian – had any idea be kissed. Servant girls are that ways,
says Mrs. Huston. Carmelite to her popular daughter, they are
kissed first and proposed to after.
Out of the five young women represented in "This side of paradise" only
three represent the true flapper. Eleanor, Rosalind and Isabelle, Myra and
Clara are different. Myra is too young to be a flapper, but we corn say she
is a flapper in the making. We meet her when she invites Amory to her
bobbing party. He turns up late thinking this is fancy. He finds the party
had left for the club. Myra waited for him sulkily he lies about the reason
for coming late and she believed him. They go to club directly where they
kiss she fall in love immediately when her mother comes, her attitude
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towards her is completely normal as if nothing had happened. So the first
love affair ends as suddenly as it started.
Clara is also different, she dosen’t seem to fit the pattern Fitzgerald
followed in the portrait of the young flappers. All the flappers whom
Fitzgerald portrayed were pagan and so some extent evil, but Clara was
an angle. Every image Fitzgerald create a bout her insist on her angelic
characteristics. The only thing she seems to have in commor with he
other girls in the novels is that she had a “ harried” life from sixteen on
unlike the other girls she had been raised in convent.
Fitzgerald says:
Clara were very devout, always had been and god knows what
heights she attained and what strength she drew down to herself
when she knelt and benthler golden hair into the stained glass
light.
She was married at sixteen and her husband died very early leaning her
with no money and two children. As all said before she doesn’t fit the
pattern but some of the critics thinks she is created as amoral plat form
for the measurement of the other characters; unlike the other she is pure
and clean. So Myra and Clara are different from the three other young
female in the novel. He goes to describe the popular Daughter showing
all the characteristic he associated with his flapper, their lack of human
depth and the consequent unlikeness of a lasting and meaningful
relationship. Fitzgerald goes on to say about the popular Daughter; the
‘belle’ had become the ‘ flirt, the ‘flirt’ become the ‘ baby vamp’. The
‘bell’ had five or six callers every afternoon. If the P:.D by some storage
accident has two it is made pretty uncomfortable for the one who hasn’t a
date with her. The ‘bell’ was surrounding by adozenmen in the
intermissions between dances. Try to find the P.D between dance just try
to find her. After the description of the P.D – Fitzgerald personifies
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bringing the first flapper on stage. Amory meets the first flapper he
existence is her appearance. She is sixteen years old, she is a queen of
moments and surfaces:
She had never been so curious about her appearance, she had
never been sixteen years old for six months … Isabelle had been
for some time capable of very strong if very transient motions …
all impressions and infact all idea were extremely kaleidoscopic to
Isabelle. She had that curious mixture of eh social and the artistic
temperaments found often in two classes, 45ociety women had been
absorbed from the boys who had dangled on her favour, her fact
was instinctive and her capacity for love affairs was limited only by
the number of the susceptible with in telephone distance flirt smiled
from through her intense physical magnetism.
No better description could fit Isabelle than the above question. We
understand that Isabelle is capable of limitless love affairs but she is not
capable of love, she is young too shallow. Pampered and full of
irresponsible selfishness. Every time she enters into a relationship she
knows she is entering anew game Isabelle’s tells her about Amory. She
says to Isabelle:
He knows you’re considered beautiful and all that she paused. And
I guess be knows you’ve been kissed. At this Isabelle’s little fist had
clinched under the fur robe. She was accustomed to be thus
followed desperate past …
When next time Amory meets, Isabelle, he is excited by the meeting
because he is depressed by the death of his best friend Dick Humbird as a
result of fast driving after a gay party. When Isabelle drives into town
with her mother he is very excited.
The love affair comes to a sudden unromantic end.
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When Isabelle meets Amory next morning she runs into his arms like in
story books. She cries;
‘ouch ! let me go !’ He dropped his arms to his sides ‘ what’s the
matter. Your shirts stude. It hurt me. Look ! she was looking down
at her neck, where a little blue sport about the size of a pea marred
its pallor.
Isabelle finds the mark on her skin unforgivable as her beauty is of the
utmost importance. He anger leads to an ogrument which in turn leads to
the dissolution of the relationship. She is a very spoiled girl. This
characteristic we shall se later in the older woman. She unlike Amory is
not looking for something deeper but living from moment to moment.
From the spoiled Isabelle we move to the older Rosalind she spoiled like
Isabelle, she wants what she wants it Fitzgerald goes on to describe her.
Fresh enthusiasm, her will to grow and learn, her will to grow and
learn, her endless faith with inexhaustibility of romance, her
courage and fundamental honesty – these things are no spoiled.
After destroyed her faith in romance love for Amory.
Rosalind is young and beacatiful, she detest women because they
represent the qualities that she felt and despised in herself; cowardice and
petty dishonesty. During a swimming party. She can bravely and
beautiful perform a breath- taking high dive from the top of the wrecked
shack, she reproves her boy friend whom she dived . when Amory asks
her to marry him, she says.
I can’t, Amory, I can’t be shut away from the trees and flowers
cooped up in alittle flate wanting for you, you’d hate me in a
narrow atomshere. I’d make you hate me.’
After Amory lear’s, Rosalind stands alone very sad because she lost a
true love. Money is anew elemet in the determination of flapper
relationship in the flapper her world. Youth and beauty are the crucial
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elements in the flapper Make up and both are main tained by element
which is money. So, Amory loses his love this time not because it’s a
game but because she is not qualified or rich enough to support that love.
Theme of money is simply developed. Here, but later in the description
be one of the most important element in Fitzgerald’s novels.
After Rosalind, we meet the third and last flapper in this side of paradise.
When she meets Amory it is not at a party or social gathering, but in an
open field with a storm breaking. She is Eleanor savage. The first
introduction we have of Eleanor is when Fitzgerald says; the last time evil
crept close to Amor under the mask of beauty. As the relationship
develops we don’t see any evil in her character. So we understand what
we see clearly that she is not so different from the earlier flappers. But
Fitzgerald in her portrait tries to emphasize new characteristic add to the
list of her colleagues. She becomes atypical representative of the “ last
generation “ which come back from the war to find all the gods dead, as
Fitzgerald said.
She walks in the rain, a lone and beautiful, she is my serious and
impulsive. At one moment she feels like jumping over a cliff with her
horse to commit so scoicide, but at the last minute she jumps off the horse
which tumbles over the cliff and gets killed. This impulsiveness is the
new characteristic she adds to the partait the flapper.
“in this side of paradise novel F.Scott Fitzgerald tried to recapture
the mood of the young their against the codes of behaviour of the
previous era. The characters in this side of paradise novel, Isabella,
Rosalind and Eleanor. We see this of young girls feel their revolt their
work reflected the rapid and radical changes of his yours in the twenties.
This revolt against Victorian. The female characters unintelligent beings,
not like today’s society. Women being treated inferior compared to men,
they have no chance or opportunity for things to get better, women no
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chance of progress. In this side of paradise I see women beauty describes
pretty little upper lip, on which a delicate dark brown was just
perceptible, was short for her teeth, but it lifted all the more sweetly, and
charming attractive women. There are many references to female
characters, such as Marylyn Dewitt she’s pretty, got a car of her own and
that’s damn convenient, sally weather by she’s getting too fat, there’s
Myrast Claire, she’s an old flame easy to kiss if you’d like.
3.4 Tender is the Night Novel:
3.4.1 Nicole Diver’s :
Nicole Divers portrayal starts with her “ child hood history”. When
her father violated her after her mother dead she transfers her feelings of
paternal authority to Dick Diver. Fitzgerald never allows her real maturity
when she does change. Although she shows her husband tenderness on
the Golding yacht and she understand his needs to impress Rosemary in
the last chapter. Nicole is desperately trying to get better hee. Then she
wants to do something meaningful with her life that will keepher illness.
The novel gives he character of Nicole extra special treatment. She is the
only character who gets to narrate a section in the first section. There is
no doubt Nicloe was mentally ill, by most standards any way when we
first see her on the beach, yet this given us no indication of the real dark
sid of heartiness, which we see when she tries to kill everybody in the car
that day. “ During her brief affair with Tommy”. Nicole changes, she has
known that Dick has been viewing her with growing indifference and that
crisis is due.
Te affair releases her sexual energy and she approaches Dick for a major
confrontation.
3.4.2 Rosemary Hoyt:
Her life associated with films this not only because she is an
actress, but because her appearance is cinematic.
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Rosemary promoting of only minimally within the novel but just as a
photograph can suggest rich and dramatic woman.
She is young movie star she used to go all over the world and she is
vague woman and glamorous character, and then she is talented, but she
is “ a home wrecker” or she is innocent victim. Rosemary is a very meta
fictional figure.” She doesn’t understand it until late in the book.
Because Rosemary’s character is also an actor she has added dimension.
This confused her “we see that Rosemary is young enough unlike Nicole
and Rosemar a personification of Freud’s abstract idea. We never really
pierce Rosemary’s veil. We don’t know how much is acting, how much is
sincere, how much is excited imagination of a young woman. “I’m a
human being, really just an actor. Why does Dick suddenly fall
desperately in love with her? Because call is clay tells I’m a story about
Rosemary.
3.4.3 Tender is The Night Novel
Nicole warren is one of the major characters in Fitzgerald's Novel
Tender is the night. She is like all Fitzgerald's heroines, beautiful, young
and very rich, her family is very wealth American Capitalist and the
granddaughter of the count of the house of Lippe Weissenfeld. Filzgerald
says about her wealth:
Nicole was the product of much ingenuity and toil. For her sake
trains began their run, at Chicago and traversed the round belly of the
continent of California: chide factories found and link belts grew link by
link in factories men mixed tooth paste in cats and drew mouthwash out
of copper hogsheads: girls conned to mattes quickly in August of worked
rudely at the five, and tens an Christmas Eve .
Nicole falls site an result of being raped by her own father when young.
While she is a private psychiatric clinic in Zurich she meets Doctor Dick
Diver who helps in her cure. Later on they fall in love and marry despite
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the fall that Dick Diver is sure of all the consequences of marrying a
mental patient. Even after the worming of his Doctor friends.
Nicole sends Dick fifty letters during a period of eight months and she
becomes so much attaches to him. Dick falls deeper in love with her.
Finally they marry and hove children.
In the first part of their married life they live happily with their children
toys and Lanier.
During her marriage to Dick, Nicole continues to have relapses airing
which Dick is always there to help. She also starts to feel lonely. As time
passes and as Nicole passes through pleases of illness in which once she
nearly kills Dick and children overturning the car and on another
occasion she runs away from them in Agirifair in Paris. But as time
passes she becomes stronger and stronger sapping Deck of his energy.
Dick on the other hand continues to deteriorate into alcoholism and
becomes in capable of working.
Nicole after meeting Tommry Borban on board the Golding yacht, feels
very happy next morning because she feel the two men are rivals for her
love.
She did not want anything to happen but only for the situation to
remain in suspension as the two teased her from one mind to the other.
She had not existed for a long time, even as a ball.
Nicole become very much detaches from Dick now and even impatient
with him. And with his decline and deterioration. While Dick is declining
further and further. Nicole is emerging from her pervious life and
assumes her natural role as atypical wealthy female Fitzgerald says:
Later they sat with the children on the Moorish roof and welted the
first works of two casinos. For down on the share, It was lonely and sad
to be so empty hearted toward each other
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Nicole inters with Tommy Barban into a relationship which marks her
final release. She assumes her role of atypical female, bathes herself
dresses up and prepares herself to meet her now lover,. When she meets
Dick next day she feels sorry for him for the first time in her life. So roles
are changing: Dick now the one who needs sympathy and pity. She is
now fighting him to obtain her freedom.
Nicole marriage Tommy and takes the children with her. She knows
because at him she is cured and that he destroyed his
future and his life in order to save her, she says to hers sister Baby who is
insulting Dick:
“Dick very a good husband to me for six years” Nicole said, ‘All
that time I never suffered a minuet’s pain because of him, and he always
did his vest never to let anything hurt me.
Nicole is aware that she used him, sapped his energy to get cured, and be
able to live her wealthy life. Dick emerges as the loser. He loses his
brilliant career moving from one small town to another. Nicole assumes
her normal role as selfish, wealthy American female.
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CHAPTER FOUR
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CONCLUSION
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FINDINGS
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES
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4.1 Conclusion
In three novels to F.scott Fitzgerald " the Great Gatsby, This side
of paradise and Tender is the Night", the Author portrayed women in
general faces to shows the role of women in society in twenty century. He
depicted flappers, roaring young women debutants women and social
changes in moral issues such as sexual behavior and attitudes to ward
love and sex, smoking and drinking became more common and gradually
more accepted among women. Fitzgerald describes these practices as well
as changes in fashion, talk, and dance in his novels.
While fitzgerald's first novel "this side of paradise about young
flappers and young men he turned writing about marriages. The
contradiction between the couples together with the pressures of Jazz age.
Second novel "The Great Gatsby" effects of the Jazz age, on money, on
traditional upbringing of women, on love and infidelity up brining of
women, on love and infidelity. He portrayed women doing what they can
create a meaning full life women have no choice, but to marry.
In the last novel " Tender is the Night" is about marriage between a
doctor and his patient, whose relationship is further in relation to love,
infidelity, mother hood and money.
4.2 Findings
In first novel (The Great Gatsby) the author tries to portrayed and
give us general background about the issue of women in the reflection,
the impact of conflict and trouble between women to achieve their goals
by using different ways of behoviour to reach their objectives so advise
other researcher to be aware about the women life.
In the second novel this side of paradise the author tries to illustrate
the weakness of women and they depend on their feeling rather than their
mind in the term of taking designs the author describe the role of women
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because they face obstacle of locking opportunity o progress and they
draw attention about their appearance.
So the teachers should teach their students this contradiction of both
sides.
At the third novel tender is the Night the author tries to deliver and
portrays the sight of dishonesty in the term of selfishness this is
represented by beautiful lady, Rosemary to steal heart of the man and
gradually convicted him to marry him without any consideration and
respect to other woman this bad vision leads me to advice the readers and
other researchers to be a ware about moment wickedness to use their
appearance to attract the men and also to shed the light on the men in the
term.
Nicole so her father t satisfied his appetites with this effects to her
and leads her to hysterical accuses Dick of many infidelities. Nicole her
mother died, and after that her father initiated an incestuous relationship
with her, led Nicole's breakdown, Her father cowardly to kill himself. So
be honest with you, this bad image can teach us an important lesson about
men side so the readers and researchers should focus on both sides.
4.3 Recommendations
The research reveals some recommendations that may help in life
away of follows.
1. Family is as corner stone and nucleus for general society, if its
established well, then the society will become well as the family.
The researcher say to students must be knows the literary works
that clearly explain the statements of the problems of feminism.
2. Life without justice and equality won't be good life. Therefore, the
researcher recommends and justice implicate concept of religion
and social laws as well as given women their rights.
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3. The healthy and well family can be constructed be respect,
honesty, confidence those can lead the researcher recommends to
consideration or stud point of view for literature students too.
4.4 SUGGESTIONS FORFURTHER STUDEIES:
The researcher suggests the topics for farther studies there should
be a study about:1. Naturally, women are the backbone of life that Allah gives, so the
researcher recommends the lecturers to teach some literary works that
relate with such social issues to light students to be wise in dealing with
women in general life.
2. In general, life contains two main parts male side and female side, the
researcher suggests to the learners and lecturers on study of the nature of
two side (men and women) both of them have integrated role, each parts
needs care and think of writing about happiness to build behavior and
morality.
3. Finally, a man is the fundamental and secure of the family which
contains his mother, wife daughter etc. the researcher recommends some
literary works that organize the relationships between the two genders
that put religious views in consideration.
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